ParisJudgment1.0270_Solomon

ParisJudgment1.0270_Solomon

OGCMA s.v. "Judgment of Paris"
Christie's Sale 10801

Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1860-1927, "The Judgment of Paris," oil on canvas, 1891, once at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, now in private collection.

Standard features of the Judgment of Paris type include the three divine rivals (as shown here), but typically also the figures of Hermes the instigator and of Paris the judge. Solomon depicts the judgment from the judge's point of view, cleverly making the viewer the critic of the goddess' ranking. The Apple of Discord is right there in the foreground for you to pick up and award.

Three women in a spring landscape with a nude central figure and two others, one seated and one observing, among blossoming trees and goats, with an apple on the ground

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.